21.10.2024

“Reproductive Rites: The Real-Life Witches and Witch Hunts in the Centuries-Long Fight for Abortion” by Sophie Saint Thomas

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"Reproductive Rites: The Real-Life Witches and Witch Hunts in the Centuries-Long Fight for Abortion" by Sophie Saint Thomas
"A provocative pop history that explores the witches—and witch hunts—in the untold story of abortion, from the days of Socrates through the Salem Witch Trials and the 1980s Satanic Panic, all the way to our fraught present. For millennia, across cultures and continents, both providers and recipients of reproductive healthcare and abortions have been persecuted as witches (whether they actually practiced the craft or not). In this dauntless reassessment of that history, journalist Sophie Saint Thomas follows the tangled threads of witches and reproductive rights through the ages. Along the way, she maintains an intersectional eye toward the communities most affected by reproductive oppression (including Native Americans, enslaved Black women, and trans people) and offers a...>>
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21.10.2024

“The Neophyte Rituals of Paul Foster Case” edited by Wade Coleman

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"The Neophyte Rituals of Paul Foster Case" edited by Wade Coleman
"For the first time, this book brings Paul Foster Case’s neophyte rituals into the public domain. Students of Occultism and the Western Mysteries Tradition now have a chance to put to work the potent rituals of one of the leading lights of early 20th century practical occultism and magical studies, Paul Foster Case. Foster Case believed that rituals put us in direct contact with a current of light and consciousness, transmitted without a break from very ancient times down to the present. His own rituals were adopted from the Golden Dawn, the secret society devoted to the practice of the occult and metaphysics from the late 19th century onwards. Case introduced modifications and additions to these rituals,...>>
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20.10.2024

“The Supernatural Guide to the Other Side: Interpret Signs, Communicate with Spirits, and Uncover the Secrets of the Afterlife” by Adams Media

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"The Supernatural Guide to the Other Side: Interpret Signs, Communicate with Spirits, and Uncover the Secrets of the Afterlife" by Adams Media
"A comprehensive guide to life after death, filled with information on communicating with spirits, near-death experiences, angels and demons, miracles, and psychics and mediums. What happens after we die? Are ghosts real? And if they are, can we communicate with them? Do miracles really happen? Do angels exist? Even though finding any concrete answers to these questions might be impossible, just the act of wondering brings us one step closer to the truth. The Supernatural Guide to the Other Side explores the possibilities of what awaits us on the other side, with information such as: -Communicating with spirits -Creating psychic shields -How near-death experiences work -Angels, demons, and other phenomena -How...>>
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19.10.2024

“The Sympathetic Medium: Feminine Channeling, the Occult, and Communication Technologies, 1859–1919” by Jill Galvan

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"The Sympathetic Medium: Feminine Channeling, the Occult, and Communication Technologies, 1859–1919" by Jill Galvan
"The nineteenth century saw not only the emergence of the telegraph, the telephone, and the typewriter but also a fascination with séances and occult practices like automatic writing as a means for contacting the dead. Like the new technologies, modern spiritualism promised to link people separated by space or circumstance; and like them as well, it depended on the presence of a human medium to convey these conversations. Whether electrical or otherworldly, these communications were remarkably often conducted―in offices, at telegraph stations and telephone switchboards, and in séance parlors―by women. In The Sympathetic Medium, Jill Galvan offers a richly nuanced and culturally grounded analysis of the rise of the female medium in Great Britain and...>>
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19.10.2024

“Ceremonial Magick On a Shoestring” by Alessandro Gagliardi

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"Ceremonial Magick On a Shoestring" by Alessandro Gagliardi
"Ceremonial magick often looks like you couldn’t do it properly unless you were a wealthy Victorian gentleman with the money to have many fancy magickal tools made for you and a vast library of ancient tomes. However, this book simplifies the process and makes it accessible to anyone, from penniless students to prisoners. The author draws on years of experience in ceremonial magick, and presents it in a straightforward and approachable manner."...>>
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